U.S. Federal Court
Recent News About U.S. Federal Court
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1986 ruling opened access to lawsuit settlements
McHugh CHARLESTON – In West Virginia, openness is the standard for lawsuit settlements involving government agencies thanks to 25-year-old state Supreme Court decision. -
False arrest in petty theft case results in civil rights suit against State Police
PARKERSBURG – As her reward for being a good neighbor in returning stolen money to its rightful owner, a Wirt County woman alleges she was paid a late-night visit by police and hauled off to jail. -
Suit seeks to halt harassment of citizens carrying firearms in Wheeling
WHEELING – Two Ohio County men are challenging what they claim is a campaign of harassment by Wheeling police against citizens lawfully carrying firearms in the Friendly City. -
Civil rights suit against university's cafeteria service moved to federal court
CHARLESTON –- The claim made by the former manager of a Charleston-area university's food service provider he was the victim of anti-immigrant fervor will now have to proven in federal court. -
Obama nominates Berkeley judge for federal judiciary
Groh MARTINSBURG – President Barack Obama has nominated a West Virginia circuit judge for the state's federal bench. -
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Law firm sues former clients for legal fees, expenses
C. Ranson CHARLESTON – A Charleston law firm is staking its claim to a portion of the settlement tentatively reached in a gender discrimination suit against WVU Tech. -
Aetna wrong on man's disability benefits, judge says
Johnston CHARLESTON – Aetna Life Insurance improperly denied disability benefits to former Bristol Myers Squibb manager Ricky Dickens without explaining why it disregarded a Social Security Administration decision in his favor, U. S. District Judge Thomas Johnston ruled on March 28. -
Country Inn at Berkeley Springs to pay $85,000 to settle sexual harassment suit
BERKELEY SPRINGS – The Country Inn at Berkeley Springs will pay $85,000 and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a federal sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit involving female employees. -
Fourth Circuit judge Michael dies
Michael CHARLESTON -- M. Blane Michael, a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, died on Friday. -
Care groups want negligence suit in federal court
CHARLESTON – RSCR West Virginia, Res-Care, Southern Home Care Services and a woman are seeking a removal to federal court for a lawsuit involving negligence at a Lifestart Group Home. -
EA files notice of removal in video game likeness suit
CHARLESTON – Electronic Arts is seeking a removal to federal court in a lawsuit involving a Davis man claiming the company used his likeness in its video game "Medal of Honor." -
Ky. woman sues MU Board for daughter's death
HUNTINGTON – An Ashland, Ky., woman is suing the Marshall University Board of Governors after she claims it is responsible for her daughter's death. -
Trio sues McDonald's for failure to pay minimum wage, overtime pay
CHARLESTON – Three former employees are suing McDonald's after they claim it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act for failing to pay minimum wage to employees. -
Boone Co. man sues Tren for overtime wages
CHARLESTON – A Boone County man is suing Tren Services after he claims it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not paying overtime wages. -
WVU 'trespassing form' vague, federal judge says
Karlin CLARKSBURG -- A U.S. District judge has ruled that West Virginia University's policy of issuing "trespassing forms" is unconstitutionally vague and that one man's issuance of the form was a violation of his procedural due process rights. -
Medical Legal Partnerships topic of WVU lecture
MORGANTOWN -- The West Virginia University College of Law presents Ellen Lawton, J.D., Executive Director of the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership at Boston Medical Center & Boston University School of Medicine, who will speak at the John W. Fisher II Lecture in Law and Medicine in a talk titled, Addressing Health & Legal Disparities: the Medical-Legal Partnership Model at noon Feb. 23 -
THEIR VIEW: 'Independent' Gulf spill claims fund a BP subsidiary
WASHINGTON -- A recent ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier proves what victims of the unprecedented Deepwater Horizon spill have claimed for months: the so-called "independent" Gulf Coast Claims Facility is anything but a neutral arbitrator or mediator. -
Former anti-poverty agency director files wrongful termination suit
CHARLESTON – The former director of a state anti-poverty agency has promptly filed a lawsuit contesting her recent termination. -
Wood attorney disbarred for tax evasion conviction
CHARLESTON – Nearly a year after his conviction on tax evasion charges, the state Supreme Court has disbarred a Wood County attorney.